Merelyn
#14,153 most common girls' name of all time · #23,405 across all names · 0% male / 100% female · used 1924–2024
Rank among girls
#14,153
Rank overall
#23,405 of 105,966
First appeared
1924
Years on the list
43 of 146
All-time
324
Since 2016
63
Peak year
2007 #7,149
Best rank
#3,346 1936
Girls
Boys
peak 18/yr
Merelyn first appears in 1924. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.
Year by year
| Year | Girls | Boys | Total | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 8 | — | 8 | #11,239 |
| 2023 | 13 | — | 13 | #8,117 |
| 2022 | 8 | — | 8 | #11,376 |
| 2021 | 5 | — | 5 | #15,511 |
| 2020 | 5 | — | 5 | #15,330 |
| 2018 | 6 | — | 6 | #13,994 |
| 2017 | 5 | — | 5 | #16,140 |
| 2016 | 13 | — | 13 | #8,461 |
| 2015 | 10 | — | 10 | #10,253 |
| 2014 | 7 | — | 7 | #13,223 |
| 2013 | 11 | — | 11 | #9,675 |
| 2012 | 7 | — | 7 | #13,634 |
| 2011 | 12 | — | 12 | #9,213 |
| 2010 | 8 | — | 8 | #12,414 |
| 2009 | 6 | — | 6 | #15,424 |
| 2008 | 11 | — | 11 | #10,171 |
| 2007 | 18 | — | 18 | #7,149 |
| 2006 | 11 | — | 11 | #10,002 |
| 2005 | 7 | — | 7 | #13,165 |
| 2004 | 6 | — | 6 | #14,364 |
| 2003 | 12 | — | 12 | #8,575 |
| 2002 | 6 | — | 6 | #13,779 |
| 2001 | 7 | — | 7 | #12,238 |
| 2000 | 6 | — | 6 | #13,365 |
| 1999 | 5 | — | 5 | #14,666 |
| 1996 | 6 | — | 6 | #12,009 |
| 1951 | 7 | — | 7 | #4,629 |
| 1948 | 7 | — | 7 | #4,472 |
| 1946 | 6 | — | 6 | #4,742 |
| 1945 | 5 | — | 5 | #5,011 |
| 1944 | 5 | — | 5 | #4,986 |
| 1941 | 8 | — | 8 | #3,508 |
| 1940 | 7 | — | 7 | #3,776 |
| 1939 | 5 | — | 5 | #4,755 |
| 1937 | 6 | — | 6 | #4,156 |
| 1936 | 8 | — | 8 | #3,346 |
| 1934 | 6 | — | 6 | #4,202 |
| 1932 | 6 | — | 6 | #4,337 |
| 1931 | 8 | — | 8 | #3,480 |
| 1930 | 5 | — | 5 | #5,119 |
| 1927 | 5 | — | 5 | #5,461 |
| 1926 | 5 | — | 5 | #5,510 |
| 1924 | 6 | — | 6 | #5,041 |